User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Document information
- Contents
- 1 LARA-R2 / LARA-R6 modules description
- 2 Migration between LARA modules
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Pin-out comparison between LARA modules
- 2.3 Interfaces comparison between LARA modules
- 2.3.1 VCC module supply input
- 2.3.2 V_INT 1.8 V supply output
- 2.3.3 V_BCKP RTC supply input/output
- 2.3.4 Cellular RF interfaces
- 2.3.5 System control interfaces
- 2.3.6 SIM interface
- 2.3.7 UART interfaces
- 2.3.8 USB interface
- 2.3.9 I2C interface
- 2.3.10 Digital audio interface
- 2.3.11 Clock output
- 2.3.12 GPIOs
- 2.3.13 Antenna dynamic tuning
- 2.3.14 Reserved pins
- 2.3.15 Other considerations and test points
- 2.4 Schematic for LARA modules integration
- Appendix
- A Glossary
- Related documents
- Revision history
- Contact
LARA-R2/R6 migration guide - Application note
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• LARA-R2 series region-specific LTE Cat 1 / 3G / 2G modules:
o LARA-R202, designed mainly for operation in America, supporting four LTE Cat 1 FDD bands
plus two 3G bands
o LARA-R203, designed for operation in North America, supporting three LTE Cat 1 FDD bands
o LARA-R204, designed for operation in USA, supporting two Verizon LTE Cat 1 FDD bands
o LARA-R211, designed mainly for operation in EMEA, supporting three LTE Cat 1 FDD bands
plus two 2G bands
o LARA-R220, designed for operation in Japan, supporting two DoCoMo LTE Cat 1 FDD bands
o LARA-R280, designed mainly for operation in APAC, supporting three LTE Cat 1 FDD bands
plus one 3G band
o LARA-R281, designed mainly for operation in EMEA, supporting five LTE Cat 1 FDD bands plus
one 3G band
• LARA-R6 series global and multi-region LTE Cat 1 / 3G / 2G modules:
o LARA-R6001, designed for world-wide operation, supporting eighteen LTE Cat 1 FDD / TDD
bands plus four 3G bands and four 2G bands for global coverage
o LARA-R6001D, data-only variant of LARA-R6001. Designed for world-wide operation,
supporting eighteen LTE Cat 1 FDD / TDD bands plus four 3G bands and four 2G bands for
global coverage
o LARA-R6401, designed mainly for operation in America, supporting eight LTE Cat 1 FDD bands
o LARA-R6401D, data-only varaint of LARA-R6401. Designed mainly for operation in America,
supporting eight LTE Cat 1 FDD bands
o LARA-R6801, designed for multi-regional operation, in EMEA, APAC, Japan and Latin America,
supporting twelve LTE Cat 1 FDD bands plus four 3G bands and four 2G bands
Table 2 summarizes the LTE, 3G and 2G characteristics of LARA-R2 and LARA-R6 modules.
4G LTE
3G UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA
1
2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE
2
Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA)
Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)
Time Division Duplex (TDD)
3
DL Rx diversity
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA)
Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)
DL Rx diversity
Enhanced Data rate GSM Evolution (EDGE)
GSM EGPRS Radio Access (GERA)
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
DL Advanced Rx Performance Phase 1
LTE Power Class
• Power Class 3 (23 dBm)
UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA Power Class
• Class 3 (24 dBm)
GSM/GPRS (GMSK) Power Class
• Class 4 (33 dBm) for 850/900 band
• Class 1 (30 dBm) for 1800/1900 band
EDGE (8-PSK) Power Class
• Class E2 (27 dBm) for 850/900 band
• Class E2 (26 dBm) for 1800/1900 band
Data rate
• LTE category 1:
up to 10.3 Mbit/s DL,
up to 5.2 Mbit/s UL
Data rate
• HSDPA category 8:
up to 7.2 Mbit/s DL
• HSUPA category 6:
up to 5.76 Mbit/s UL
Data rate
• GPRS multi-slot class 33, CS1-CS4,
up to 107 kbit/s DL, 85.6 kbit/s UL
• EDGE multi-slot class 33, MCS1-MCS9,
up to 296 kbit/s DL, 236.8 kbit/s UL
Table 2: LARA-R2 and LARA-R6 modules LTE, 3G and 2G characteristics summary
1
3G RAT is not supported by LARA-R203, LARA-R204, LARA-R211, LARA-R220, LARA-R6401 or LARA-R6401D modules.
2
2G RAT is not supported by LARA-R202, LARA-R203, LARA-R204, LARA-R220, LARA-R280, LARA-R281, LARA-R6401 or
LARA-R6401D modules.
3
LTE TDD radio access technology is not supported by LARA-R2 series, LARA-R6401, or LARA-R6801 modules.